I'll give this a run thru. Thanks! It at least gives me a starting point.
---brandon On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > have a look at the files that download but don't cart and see what is in > the mp3 tags. > > I have had issues with files which to all intents and purposes are OK > but had obscure characters in tag files. > > mp3 players are not fussy but rdimport is! > > Somewhere I have a tag clean up script that sets everything to null > except the Title and Artist. > > Solved the problem for me. > > Check the sample rate too. RD can be a bit fussy at low or odd sample > rates. > > resample fixed the problem on one source which would not play through on > two different systems. [RD & Jasler] > > wget pulls the file in > resample using lame > output file with a different name to the dropbox > > One of our providers has an origination system which outputs files > as .MP3 with filenames including spaces that RDCATCH would not handle. > [and we tried everything] wget allows us to download, rename, and the > file works! > > In summary there is a lot of vestigial junk in mp3 files which are > definitely not all created equal. Programme originators don't understand > or care. Fortunately you can automate the clean up process. > > I look at each source on a case by case basis rather than have a jiffy > fix all script because every time you resample audio you lose a little. > Sometimes tags and renaming are all that is necessary. > > Cowboy will remember when all we had to do was switch RIAA/CCIR/LP/FLAT! > > regards > > Robert Jeffares > _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
